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J.C. Manto @mantoldn.bsky.social · Mar 10

“And though she be but little, she is fierce.”
(A Midsummer Night’s Dream)

#ShakespeareSunday #WomensHistoryMonth #EYESONRAFAH #BisanOwda

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J.C. Manto @mantoldn.bsky.social · Mar 3

Dearest readers, Penelope Featherington went to a ball last night, did not dance once, but shared a flask of Whisky with one James Fraser and one Lord John William Grey who, according to rumours exchanged more than just one awkward glance. Yours truly, Lady Whistledown

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J.C. Manto @mantoldn.bsky.social · Feb 12

super bowl massacre

the media reports
hostages were
rescued in rafah
crowd cheers
obviously if you
advertise it well
you can slaughter
refugees live on
super bowl sunday
buffalo chicken wing
genocide
commercial law
well played
touchdown
rest in
silence

#SuperBowlMassacre #Rafah

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J.C. Manto @mantoldn.bsky.social · Jan 19

Dear Israel Apologists:

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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · Jan 15

Israel demanding that everyone condemn the Hamas attack is like a gang of people punching a man in the face over and over and then demanding that everyone condemn him for hurting their hands. The Hamas attack was the natural result of Israel's abuses upon the Palestinian people.

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J.C. Manto @mantoldn.bsky.social · Jan 13

Throwback to when Chiyo and Curry were tiny. #Caturday

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J.C. Manto @mantoldn.bsky.social · Jan 13

I did it. I DID IT I DID IT I DID IT. I finished reading a book. It’s been a while since I could. It’s still hard to focus and I still get distracted a lot but it felt so good to dive into words again and not sit in front of a screen. Baby steps. But steps.

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J.C. Manto @mantoldn.bsky.social · Dec 31

I have long stopped doing New Year resolutions but I’ll be trying a detox January this year.

- No meat
- No sugar
- No shopping
- No TV

Instead I’ll be walking, reading, drawing and taking care of myself. I need it.

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Monica Descalzi @austenmicrocosm.bsky.social · Dec 31

But, soft! what day is this?
RJ 3.4
#ShakespeareSunday

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J.C. Manto @mantoldn.bsky.social · Dec 31

“Time travels in diverse paces with diverse persons.”
(As You Like It)

#ShakespeareSunday #DoctorWho

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Philipp Bobrowski @autorlekt.bsky.social · Dec 24

"Gib Frodo den Ring zurück! Miau!"

Katze sitzt vor Fernseher und blickt Boromir in die Augen.

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J.C. Manto @mantoldn.bsky.social · Dec 24

“and sing the merry songs of peace to all his neighbors”
(Henry 8)

Happy Christmas #ShakespeareSunday family! You’re what makes every Sunday merry! 🫶

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J.C. Manto @mantoldn.bsky.social · Dec 19

I am reading Noor Hindi’s poems at the moment, she’s a palestinian american poet and her words are so powerful! 🇵🇸

Fuck Your Lecture on Craft, My People Are Dying
BY NOOR HINDI
Colonizers write about flowers.
I tell you about children throwing rocks at Israeli tanks seconds before becoming daisies.
I want to be like those poets who care about the moon.
Palestinians don't see the moon from jail cells and prisons.
It's so beautiful, the moon.
They're so beautiful, the flowers.
I pick flowers for my dead father when I'm sad.
He watches Al Jazeera all day.
I wish Jessica would stop texting me Happy Ramadan.
I know I'm American because when I walk into a room
something dies.
Metaphors about death are for poets who think ghosts care about sound.
When I die, I promise to haunt you forever.
One day, I'll write about the flowers like we own them.

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J.C. Manto @mantoldn.bsky.social · Dec 17

For all like me still in search of Christmas gifts or holiday reading, here’s a wonderful list of books to understand Palestine. Fiction, SciFi, Memoir, Poetry, Nonfiction, whatever you fancy. Support Palestinian writers and spread their stories! 🇵🇸

lithub.com/40-books-to-...

40 Books to Understand Palestine

In the last 38 days, more than 11,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza. Another 190 have been killed by Israeli army fire and settler violence in the West Bank. Tens of t…

lithub.com

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J.C. Manto @mantoldn.bsky.social · Dec 17

“Cry to be heard, as ’twere from heaven to earth”
(Hamlet)

#ShakespeareSunday

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J.C. Manto @mantoldn.bsky.social · Dec 17

“Hey, Robin, jolly Robin”
(Twelfth Night)

#ShakespeareSunday #RobinWilliams

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J.C. Manto @mantoldn.bsky.social · Dec 17

“So hallow'd and so gracious is the time.”
(Hamlet)

#ShakespeareSunday

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J.C. Manto @mantoldn.bsky.social · Dec 9

Rewatching The Bear and I would do anything for her!
Also yes, that’s how we watch TV here. My cat’s a junkie.

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J.C. Manto @mantoldn.bsky.social · Dec 8

Omg it’s awful!!!

Effin' Birds @effinbirds.com · Dec 5

Every year I make a Worst Christmas playlist, where I share my favourite terrible holiday music. Please put it on at your next holiday gathering and report back with how long it took for someone to tell you to turn it off.

Visit shitm.as for Spotify and Apple Music links.

Merry Shitmas To All

Enjoy almost three hours of the worst holiday music in all of creation, courtesy of your pal Effin' Birds. Listen on Spotify or Apple Music. Horrify your friends! Torment your neighbours! Get your fam...

shitm.as

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J.C. Manto @mantoldn.bsky.social · Dec 6

6️⃣ Niche Perfume advent calender. Today’s probe: Wolf Brothers Goat Inspiration: Scent of MOUNTAINS’ DRESSES, DREAMS and OBSESSIONS.

I discovered this in a small perfumery in Trieste. I’m obsessed. It’s wild, deep and has a pleasant darkness. I’d f* a bear if he wore this. ;)

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J.C. Manto @mantoldn.bsky.social · Dec 5

5️⃣ Niche Perfume advent calender. Today’s probe: L’Artisan Parfumeur Passage D’Enfer Extreme Inspiration:
Hell’s Passage, made heavenly.

This is actually really good! I love incense perfume and there’s some lily underneath. Wouldn’t buy a bottle, but I enjoy it.

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J.C. Manto @mantoldn.bsky.social · Dec 5

4️⃣ Niche Perfume advent calender. Today’s probe: Etat Libre d’Orange Experimentum Crucis Inspiration: Isaac Newton if he was hit by a rose instead.

Or thousands of roses. Rose perfumes just don’t work for me. It’s a nice one, but I can’t bear it. Gives me a rose headache.

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J.C. Manto @mantoldn.bsky.social · Dec 3

3️⃣ Niche Perfume advent calender. Today’s probe: Imaginary Authors Cape Heartache. Inspiration: Philip Sava’s expedition to the Pacific Northwest.

Well, it’s really just pine, strawberry and smoke. Very comforting and warm. I get bonfire in the woods, a hug, a longing. Nice!

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J.C. Manto @mantoldn.bsky.social · Dec 3

“His beard was as white as snow”
(Hamlet)

#ShakespeareSunday #DoctorWho60 #BernardCribbins

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J.C. Manto @mantoldn.bsky.social · Dec 2

My baby girl is 9 months old already! 🥲

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